Anderson Map Co (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Anderson Map Co. 1910
- Hardcover
Seller: Barry Lawrence Ruderman, La Jolla, U.S.A.Barry Lawrence Ruderman
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Hardcover. Condition: vg. Large-format Atlas of Whitman County, Washington The detailed color plats show townships, towns, railroads, roads, and individual landholdings throughout Whitman County at the height of its early twentieth-century a. Folio. Original half red leather over pebbled cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Sp…ine ends chipped. Corners worn. 80, [24] pages. Comprising 80 pages of color plat maps (plus unnumbered key map at front), [16] pages "supplement" which includes 2-sheet Cram map of the U.S. and 2-sheet Map of the World, and four pages of black and white portraits of landowners. Housed in a custom blue & yellow cloth clamshell box. Large-format Atlas of Whitman County, Washington The detailed color plats show townships, towns, railroads, roads, and individual landholdings throughout Whitman County at the height of its early twentieth-century agricultural development, and the work appears to be one of the earliest comprehensive, locally produced land-ownership atlases of the county, rarely encountered in commerce.The atlas was issued by the Anderson Map Company of Seattle, the successor to O. P. Anderson & Co. and the O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company, one of Seattle s first home-grown map-publishing firms, which produced important guide and county maps for King, Chehalis, Cowlitz and other Washington counties, as well as a celebrated 1909 Official Map of Greater Seattle. The founder, Oliver Phelps Anderson (1859 1941), was a Seattle-based draughtsman, civil engineer, cartographer and photographer who built a thriving map and photographic-supply business from the late 1880s onward, making this Whitman County plat book a representative but now quite scarce product of his influential regional mapping enterprise.Whitman CountyWhitman County, in southeastern Washington s Palouse region, was formed on November 29, 1871; and was named for Marcus Whitman, the missionary associated with the Whitman Mission who was killed in 1847 during the conflict often called the Whitman Massacre. Long before Euro American settlement and wheat farming reshaped the rolling loess hills, the area formed part of the seasonal homelands and travel corridors of Palouse and Nez Perce peoples, among other Plateau communities, who hunted, gathered, traded, and moved along the Snake River system. In the late nineteenth century the county s development accelerated with agricultural settlement and rail-linked market towns, a pattern still visible in its principal communities today, led by Pullman and Colfax, and including Palouse, Tekoa, Rosalia, Uniontown, Albion, and Malden.RarityQuite rare in the market. Only a single example noted in RBH. Book.
More imagesPublished by Anderson Map Co. 1910
- Hardcover
Seller: Barry Lawrence Ruderman, La Jolla, U.S.A.Barry Lawrence Ruderman
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 1,600.00
US$ 14.50 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: vg. First Atlas of Snohomish CountyThis rare 1910 cadastral atlas provides a comprehensive record of early 20th-century land ownership, settlement, and development across Snohomish County, Washington, showing areas which now. Front cover detached but retained. First Atlas of Snohomish CountyThis rare 1910 c…adastral atlas provides a comprehensive record of early 20th-century land ownership, settlement, and development across Snohomish County, Washington, showing areas which now include parts of suburban Seattle.Compiled by the Anderson Map Company under the direction of James W. Myers, the atlas presents a complete township-by-township and town-by-town survey of the county based on official records, private plat filings, and on-site measurements. The large-scale colored maps identify land parcels, individual property owners, homesteads, schools, mills, roads, ferry routes, and railways as they existed during the height of early settlement and commercial expansion.Among the most striking elements are the detailed plats of urban areas such as Everett, Snohomish, Marysville, Monroe, and Arlington, each shown with block and lot subdivisions, named additions, and outlines of individual buildings. Smaller towns and farming communities are likewise carefully recorded. The inclusion of a Patrons Directory provides a rare genealogical and local history resource, listing landholders and their locations within each township.This is a fine example of Western cartographic publishing in the early 20th century, and a vital visual document for the study of local history, land use, genealogy, and development patterns in the Pacific Northwest. Snohomish CountySnohomish County, established in 1861 and named after the Indigenous Coast Salish Snohomish people, developed rapidly in the late 19th century with the rise of logging, milling, and rail transportation. The county was originally carved from Island County and quickly became a key node in the Puget Sound lumber trade.By the 1910s, cities like Everett had grown into major industrial centers with shipbuilding, sawmills, and paper manufacturing, while smaller communities flourished with agricultural and timber resources. The plat book documents this pivotal moment of regional transformation and civic organization just before the Pacific Northwest's broader wave of urbanization.RarityThe atlas is very rare on the market.We note no prior auction or dealer catalog records on RBH. Book.
